Reformist Party of Sardinia-Piedmont

The Reformist Party, better known as the Reformisti, was a liberal political party in Sardinia-Piedmont that existed from 1830 to 1861. The party advocated reforms in Piedmont, and they rose to power due to liberal agitation and the government suppression of several liberal publications across the kingdom during the 1830s and 1840s. The Reformists advocated a deregulated economy, religious freedom, and a decrease in military spending, and reformists succeeded in pushing through the legalization of state-controlled trade unions and the formation of political parties in 1841 and landed voting in 1842 (leading to the country's first elections in 1843). As the people of Sardinia became very liberal, the Reformisti became the most popular party in the country, winning 95.99% of the vote in the 1847 elections.